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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2 2 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1863., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Varina Davis, Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America, A Memoir by his Wife, Volume 2, Chapter 25: Yorktown and Williamsburg. (search)
t 20,000 men. As soon as it was definitely ascertained that General McClellan, with his main army, was on the Peninsula, General J. E. Johnston was assigned to the command of that department. After spending a day on Magruder's lines, he returned to Richmond, recommended the abandonment of the Peninsula, and that a position nearer Richmond should be taken. The recommendation was held for consideration, and the President proposed to invite to the conference the Secretary of War, George Randolph, and General Lee, then stationed in Richmond. General Johnston asked that he might invite General Longstreet and General G. W. Smith to be present, which was assented to. After hearing the views expressed by the several officers named, the President decided to resist the enemy on the Peninsula, and, with the aid of the navy, to hold Norfolk and keep command of the James River. The Confederates numbered, when General Johnston took command, over 50,000 men. On April 16th,
The Daily Dispatch: March 12, 1863., [Electronic resource], The blockade auction sales at Charleston (search)
Accident --About one o'clock yesterday at the corner of 12th and Main streets; a pistol dropped from the pocket of an overcoat worn by Lieut. George Randolph, (stationed at Camp Lee) and, striking on the pavement one barrel exploded the ball passing upwards through the cal of leg and producing a painful wound, which bled profusely. The sufferer was carried into Peterson's drug store and professionally attended by Dr. Blair Burwed.